Food clerks filed a lawsuit against Ralphs

Attorneys for United Food and Commercial Workers International Locals 770, 899 and 1442 are seeking to enjoin Ralphs from any further layoffs or reduction in working hours of its food clerks pending an arbitration hearing. Ralphs and UFCW officials have been in a dispute for the last several months over the supermarket’s efforts to reduce the number of higher-paid food workers in order to replace them with clerks that are paid less. The civil suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, was transferred to U.S. District Court at Ralphs’ request. The suit does not seek any monetary relief.